World of Antiques
 

The Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) German Wooden Folkart

Original Erzgebirge

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OriginalErzgebirge.com is a website where we can display our extensive collection of these fascinating wood toys and folk art.  If you

Expertic

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Expertic was the brand name used by the East German (DDR) on the goods they exported for hard currency.  Since the Erzgebirge region of Germany was in the east, this label helps date the items.  We will be displaying most of our Expertic items on their own website.

German Nutcrackers

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Nutcrackers have been part of the German Christmas celebration for a long time.  I think they were originally designed to crack the Filberts (Hazelnuts) which are an important holiday staple.

We have a German Nutcracker website where we will be displaying the nutcrackers we plan to sell
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German Smokers

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German smokers come apart and have a metal pan where an incense cone is placed inside and lit.  The smoke comes out of the mouth.  They evolved as a popular folk art after the silver mines were depleted and come in thousands of shapes and sizes.

We have managed to collect a representative sampling of German Smokers for display and sale on GermanSmoker.org